SPRINGFIELD, P.E.I. - A woman has died following a collision with a tractor trailer on Route 2 near Pleasant Valley late Thursday afternoon.

The RCMP issued a statement Friday, saying that it was a 23-year-old woman from the Souris area who was killed.

East Prince District RCMP, Kensington Police Department, Island EMS and the Kensington Fire Department responded to the call around 4:15 p.m. Police and fire officials confirmed the woman's death Thursday night.

The accident occurred near the Breadalbane turnoff on a straight stretch of road when a Honda Civic and a milk truck carrying a full load collided.